education
College student’s 200 mile commute
An A level student at City College is opting to travel over 200 miles each day to get to college.
Chris Smith lives in East London, but travels daily to City College on Ipswich Road. Read More…
Behind the doors of Norwich’s Free School
Playground area
There’s an opportunity to look around one of the country’s first free schools, which opens here this September.
UEA ranked in top 20
The University of East Anglia (UEA) has again been ranked within the top 20 universities in the UK by The Guardian. Read More…
City College sets fees
City College Norwich has announced how much it will charge for higher education courses from September 2012.
Opinion: The cost of losing £2 million
In a week that’s seen City College announce further redundancies, union rep Mark Hughes looks at the wider consequences.
Over in our Opinion section, he argues taking over £2 million out of the college budget will have a knock-on effect, at a time when the government should be investing in higher education, not cutting back.
The cost of losing £2 million
City College UCU Branch is bitterly disappointed by City College’s announcement that 87 jobs will be lost.
The College has to reduce its costs by approximately £2 ½ million, which in effect means taking £2 ½ million pounds out of the local economy and pushing people into unemployment.
Investment is needed in education and training, not cuts. Read More…
Over 80 jobs at risk at City College
A funding shortfall of £2 million pounds ovr the next academic year could see a maximum of 87 jobs go at City College Norwich.
48 teaching staff and 39 service staff were today told they are at risk of redundancy.
The college has said no courses will be withdrawn on cost grounds.
Local school most oversubscribed in Norfolk
6 out of 10 of south Norwich’s infant schools are oversubscribed this year, including Recreation Road Infants which topped the county table.
Nearly 50 children are on the waiting list to get a place at the school.
Students demand better feedback
As the UEA announces it’s to charge the maximum in tuition fees, current students have been putting pressure on the university to improve feedback.
With exam time looming, a pilot will be tested this summer which could be rolled out across all Schools. Read More…
